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for being one of the first libraries in Europe to marked by the expansion of culture, science,
organise its collection in subject catalogues and exploration and European commerce worldwide,
to allow access to forbidden books, even during that would later characterise the modern world.
the dictatorship regimen of Salazar; the Charter As to reinforce the words of the Commissioner
of Law of Abolition of the Death Penalty (1867) for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Tibor
which grants the right to life and sets Portugal as Navracsics, we invite you to discover these sites
one of the first European countries to insert a law and see how some of them showcase our road
of the abolition of the death penalty for civil crimes to unity or our struggle for peace, while others
in its legal system; and the Sagres Promontory, symbolise our quest for knowledge or were at
a finisterre of cultural and historic greatness and the forefront of creating our historical legacies.
a strategic location, that takes us back to a period All of them have a crucial place on our shared
path to freedom and democracy.

Text: DSIEQ
Translation & graphic design: Dália Rodrigues